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Independent Schools in Leicestershire

Situated in the centre of England, Leicestershire covers an area of 984 square miles and includes what was once England's smallest county of Rutland.

Natural features found in the county are one of the largest reservoirs in Europe of Rutland Water, Charnwood Forest and the Vale of Belvoir (under which there lies a vast coal seam).

The county lists as it's main products those of horse breeding, cattle and sheep farming, coal mining and dairy products.

Facts on the region
Origin of name: Leicester is an English corruption of the Latin "a fort on the river Leire". The th-century writer William of Malmesbury referred to the Leire as the Legra. Name first recorded: 87 as Laegrecastrescir.


Independent Schools in Leicestershire

Fairfield School
Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Grace Dieu Manor School
Grace Dieu, Leicestershire, LE67

St Crispins School
Road, Leicester, Leicestershire

Leicester High School for Girls
Road, Leicester, Leicestershire

Loughborough High School
Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Loughborough Grammar School
Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Manor House School
la Zouch, Leicestershire

Oakham School
Oakham, Rutland, Leicestershire LE5 6DT

Ratcliffe College
the Wreake, Leicestershire

Uppingham School
Rutland, Leicestershire, LE5


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